Who was Barbara Mitchell?

Février 23, 2018 6:00AM

Federal budget an opportunity for Ottawa to change big spending ways

By

Charles Lammam, Hugh MacIntyre

This $51 billion increase in spending represents total growth of 20.1 per cent in just three years.

Sujet:

Government Spending & Taxes

Étiquettes:

federal budget, federal government spending, Ottawa, Justin Trudeau, bill morneau, deficit spending, balanced budget, debt and deficit

Février 22, 2018 4:23PM

U.S. invites new oil and gas investment while Canada lags behind

By

Kenneth P. Green, Elmira Aliakbari, Ashley Stedman

The Trump administration has significantly improved the business environment in the U.S.

Sujet:

Natural Resources

Étiquettes:

oil and gas, barriers to mining, mining survey, pembina, pipelines, trans mountain pipeline, LNG, jobs, oilsands, alberta, Ottawa, rachel notley, john horgan, Justin Trudeau, deregulation, red tape, taxes

Février 22, 2018 5:03AM

Trump reforms lay bare Canadian policy missteps

By

Jason Clemens, Niels Veldhuis

Prime Minister Trudeau has stated unequivocally that he won’t reduce Canadian taxes to remain competitive.

Sujet:

Government Spending & Taxes

Étiquettes:

donald trump, Justin Trudeau, taxes, investment, barriers to investment, tax reform, income tax, business tax, corporate income tax, bill morneau

Février 21, 2018 11:08AM

Workers, not businesses, will ultimately pay B.C.’s new payroll health tax

By

Charles Lammam, Hugh MacIntyre

The new EHT will apply to businesses with annual payrolls of more than $500,000.

Sujet:

Government Spending & Taxes

Étiquettes:

health care tax, MSP, Medical Services Premiums, taxes, taxpayers, bc government, john horgan, bc budget, payroll tax, business tax

Février 20, 2018 3:58PM

B.C. budget—housing plan anything but ‘comprehensive’

By

Josef Filipowicz

In today's budget, B.C. NDP Finance Minister Carole James said the government’s housing plan will be “comprehensive."

Sujet:

Government Spending & Taxes

Étiquettes:

housing, housing affordability, social housing, home prices, homebuilders, foreign homebuyers, housing supply, housing demand, vancouver, john horgan

Février 16, 2018 3:27PM

Let’s not subsidize journalism

By

It’s not clear that the usual way of doing journalism these days contributes much to good government.

Sujet:

Government Spending & Taxes, Other Topics

Étiquettes:

journalists, journalism, media, corporate subsidies, taxpayers, taxpayer subsidies, government spending

Février 16, 2018 12:35PM

B.C. throne speech latest hint that government set to abandon fiscal prudence

By

Charles Lammam, Ben Eisen

Premier John Horgan’s NDP government campaigned on balanced budgets.

Sujet:

Government Spending & Taxes

Étiquettes:

bc budget, debt and deficit, john horgan, NDP, balanced budget, bc government spending, taxes

Février 16, 2018 5:00AM

Some good news for Canada—the U.S. follows its own trade rules

By

Steven Globerman

Under the Trump administration’s “America First” policy, there likely will be more trade complaints initiated by U.S.-based companies.

Sujet:

Canadian Perspectives on the U.S.

Étiquettes:

NAFTA, north american free trade agreement, barriers to trade, boeing, Bombardier, chrystia freeland, donald trump, tariffs, WTO, bilateral trade, airline competition

Février 14, 2018 9:13AM

B.C. throne speech—government vows action on high house prices, but ignores their cause

By

Josef Filipowicz

Metro Vancouver’s housing crunch exists primarily because there aren’t enough new homes getting built.

Sujet:

Étiquettes:

housing, homebuilding, foreign homebuyers, housing supply, housing demand, metro vancouver, housing affordability, zoning, city hall, john horgan

Février 9, 2018 10:39AM

In Alberta’s wine war with B.C., I’m siding with Australia

By

If we privatized the wine industry then private sellers could devise their own marketing strategies and offer wines consumers wanted without government intervention.

Sujet:

Étiquettes:

trade disputes, BC, alberta, john horgan, rachel notley

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